United Arab Emirates
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Federation with specific powers delegated to the federal government and other powers reserved for the individual emirates - monarchical federation
- CONSTITUTION
- December 2, 1971, made permanent in 1996
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on a dual system of sharia or Islamic law and civil courts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Federal National Council (Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Union Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Head of State
RELIGIONS
96% Muslims, 4% Christians and Hindus
From the country
- APRIL 30, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HIS WIFE
An Arab man who hacked his wife to death with a cleaver has been sentenced to death by Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court.
- APRIL 2, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: ARSONIST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AFTER VICTIMS' RELATIVES ACCEPT 'BLOOD MONEY'
An Asian man convicted of murdering his aunt and her husband in Abu Dhabi was saved from execution after the victims’ relatives accepted diya (blood money) and pardoned him, a newspaper reported.
- MARCH 24, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TOP COURT REJECTS DEATH FOR CONVICTED KILLER
The UAE’s top court overturned a death sentence against a defendant convicted of murdering another man
MARCH 5, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 4 SPARED DEATH PENALTY AFTER VICTIM’S KIN ACCEPT BLOOD MONEY
four Emirati men facing the death penalty for raping, killing and dismembering an Ethiopian maid were bailed
- FEBRUARY 2, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 2 BANGLADESHIS TO RELIEVE FROM DEATH SENTENCE IN DUBAI
- JANUARY 1, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
- DECEMBER 23, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: WIDOW SPARES HUSBAND’S KILLER DEATH SENTENCE
The widow of a murdered security guard spared the killer the death sentence at the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal.
NOVEMBER 10, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FAMILY OF DEAD MAID ACCEPTS BLOOD MONEY
Four men facing the death penalty in the UAE for raping, killing and dismembering an Ethiopian maid five
NOVEMBER 3, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 'BLOOD MONEY' LIKELY TO SAVE PUNJABI YOUTHS FROM DEATH PENALTY
Eleven Punjabi youths, lodged in Abu Dhabi jail for allegedly murdering a Pakistani, could evade capital
OCTOBER 20, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OMANI
One of three cousins accused of killing an Omani during a hunting trip in the desert had his death sentence
OCTOBER 8, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO LIFE IN PRISON
The Dubai Court of Appeals has reduced the death sentence given by a lower court to a drug dealer to life
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FAMILY OF DEAD MAID REFUSES TO ACCEPT BLOOD MONEY
The Sharjah Appeals Court ordered four Emirati men, who were found guilty of raping and killing an